If this is the future utopia Elon Musk wants, be very afraid

March 31, 2017RGNComments Off on If this is the future utopia Elon Musk wants, be very afraid

Neural lace: it sounds like something a cyborg might wear to a wedding, but it’s also yet another future technology Elon Musk has added to his eccentric potential inventions list.

Just one problem with that: the fictional sci-fi series that coined “neural lace” doesn’t suggest we’ll have a fine time with such brain implants — and it also represents exactly the kind of future that Musk himself has said he’s trying to avoid.

SEE ALSO: What we know about Elon Musk’s plan to go full super villain and play with your brain

The Tesla, SpaceX and Solar City founder has already inspired testing of the high-speed Hyperloop and quietly put thousands of potentially self-driving cars in users’ hands. Musk spits out gigafactories and Powerwalls and subtle solar roofs. His brain, though unenhanced, never quits. Read more…

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